Today, I react to someone who’s been on my list for a while: Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income. On the surface, he seems fine. But when he implies your podcast episode will get 10,000 downloads or that a $500-$ 5,000 course is what is needed to start podcasting, that’s when I’m not so sure.
It’s a fine line between empowering content creators to make content that makes our viewers feel like a marketing thing is doable while not blowing smoke up people’…. Anyway, let’s talk about it.
Resources Mentioned:
Cost of college credit hours on average: https://www.lendingtree.com/student/cost-per-credit-hour-study/
How creators are paid on YouTube versus other platforms: https://searchengineland.com/youtube-most-profitable-platform-creators-survey-427813
Video I made about content monetization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_qW4zBDvpY&t=626s
Video I made about small businesses monetizing content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEF0yP_zbR0&t=4s
Video I made about Dave Hollis and how he changed his monetization strategy (and why it wasn’t working for him – this was made a while back clearly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XVwdllci0g&t=1484s
Tiktoks being indexed by Google: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-working-on-indexing-instagram-tiktok-videos/421018/
How Instagram lets creators monetize: https://creators.instagram.com/earn-money/instagram-bonuses
Video I made about Pinterest driving website traffic (and what kinds of things people search Pinterest for): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lCZmsSjfbY&t=21s
No Click SEO broadcast with Shane Perry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CkPCV8ECgk&t=103s
10 Free Diagnostic Tests For Your Website: https://breakingeveninc.com/lessons/10-diagnostic-tests-for-your-website/
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